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The Home Front

The Home Front. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEK45-_5y0s. Popeye – “You’re A Sap Mr. Jap. Revenge. Dec. 9, 1941 FDR’s message…. Objective…. Summarize the social effects of the war effort on the home front. Families in Wartime.

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The Home Front

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  1. The Home Front

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEK45-_5y0s Popeye – “You’re A Sap Mr. Jap

  3. Revenge Dec. 9, 1941 FDR’s message…

  4. Objective… Summarize the social effects of the war effort on the home front.

  5. Families in Wartime 38) What strain did the war place on marriages and families? - Emerging trends… 39) Social problems on the home front…

  6. The strain on families… • Housing shortages… • Rationing… • Balancing work & households… • Lack of child care… • Latchkey kids… • Juvenile delinquency… • High school drop-outs…

  7. Other war time trends? • Marriage rate up… • Incomes up…. • Divorce rate up… • Public health improved… • Death rate down… “the rush to the alter”

  8. Objective… Describe how racial intolerance on the home front effects… Japanese Americans, African Americans & Hispanics.

  9. Objective… Describe how racial intolerance on the home front effects Japanese Americans.

  10. 40)-42) Japanese-American Internment • Who?112K Japanese-Americans 35K Japanese • What? Internment camps • Where? The west coast • When?1942 Internment Notice:FDR issued Executive Order # 9066

  11. Topaz Internment Camp

  12. Children at the Weill public school in San Francisco pledge allegiance to the American flag in April 1942, prior to the internment of Japanese Americans.

  13. Why were Japanese-Americans placed in internment camps? • Panic & fear following Pearl Harbor -Possible Japanese attacks -Sabotage -Espionage -Fishermen meeting Japanese boats off the coast -Mining harbors & poisoning crops

  14. The reality of Japanese-American Internment…

  15. 442nd Japanese American military unit The 442nd is the most decorated unit in U.S. military history. (Based on size & length of service)

  16. Objective… Describe how racial intolerance on the home front effects African Americans. • The source of racial tension during the war? • - AA migration - 1.2m • - Housing shortages • - Whites object to economic equality • - Increased AA militancy

  17. 43) “Double V” campaign... • Allied Victory abroad • Victory over racism at home

  18. 44) Why was the goal of fighting for democracy in Europe viewed as hypocritical to most African Americans?...

  19. Civil Rights & Race Riots 45) FDR’s reaction to the demand for civil rights… - What actions did he take?

  20. 46) Philip RandolphGoal: “shake up white America” The 1941 March on Washington…

  21. A. Philip Randolph meets with FDR & demands… • An end of segregation & discrimination in gov’t hiring. • An end to segregation in the military. • An end to discrimination & segregation in all employment.

  22. A.Philip Randolph • Results of the meeting with FDR… • Executive Order 8802… • Fair Employment Practices Commission…

  23. The goals of: Congress for Racial Equality (CORE)… - Challenge segregation public facilities National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)... - Challenge segregation in the military

  24. Detroit Race Riots1943 Underlying racial tensions surface… Fights between whites & blacks escalate into a city-wide riot leaving 25 blacks and 9 whites dead, and $2M worth of property destroyed.

  25. Objective… Describe how racial intolerance on the home front effects Hispanics.

  26. 48. I & E: Zoot Suit Riots (1943)… Riots erupted in CA between sailors & Latinos wearing Zoot Suits… clothing considered to be unpatriotic Clothes removed & beaten senseless with sticks

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